What Is No-Dig Gardening? While it might seem counter-intuitive to grow a garden without digging, take a moment to consider how forests and meadows grow in nature with no help from us. Leaf litter and ...

It can be hard to resist on a sunny spring day, but don’t start digging in the garden too soon. “You can prevent a lot of problems from compacted soil if you wait a while,” said Spencer Campbell, ...

In addition to diseased plants, you should also pull weeds from your garden as soon as possible to ensure they don’t get the ...

One hundred years after the Dust Bowl blew away topsoil from nearly 200 million acres of American farmland, farmers and ranchers are slowly entering into a new relationship with the soils beneath ...

As days become warmer, gardeners get ready to dig. But digging too soon can be a mistake, according to experts at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “There’s a danger that you will compact the soil by ...

image: A team of scientists from RUDN University and the Dokuchyaev Soil Science Institute developed a method for identifying the color of soil at different depths and the structure of soil profile ...

A: Yummy, fresh berries are a real treat! I’m glad you are preplanning, as blueberries are much different than brambles (raspberries, blackberries, etc). Blueberries have different pests, diseases, ...

AMES, Iowa – A new study from Iowa State University scientists sheds light on the mystery of how soil organic matter forms across a wide range of ecosystems. The study, published in the academic ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Soil health may not sound like a major issue if you don’t live or work on a farm. “We don’t have a food shortage yet, but we’re on our way if we don’t take care of our soil,” said ...

Ants are prodigious diggers, constructing elaborate nests with multiple layers connected by an intricate network of tunnels, sometimes reaching depths of 25 feet. Now, a team of scientists from ...